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(No ModeL) V. ANGERER.

AUTOMATIC STOP FOR ABUTTING RAILS 0T RAILWAYS. N0. 364,200. Patented Ma 31, 1887.

1 1 2, f w, 4w M m v 1 1 UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

VICTOR anennna'or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 WIL- LIAM WHARTON, Ja, & COMPANY, (INCORPORATED,) or SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC STOP FORABUTTING RAILS OF RAILWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 36%,200, dated May 31, 1887.

.Application filedMarch25,1887. Serial No.23'2,371. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VIo'roR ANGERER, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing in .Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Automatic Stops for Abutting Bails of Railways, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide the ends of switch and other rails with antomatic stops, to prevent the wheels of a car or truck fromv running off the rails when the rails are not in line, as fully described here inafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention applied to a turn-table, showing the rails in line and the stops clear of the rail. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, with the rails out of line and the stops resting on the rails. Figs. 3 and 4 show the stops applied to overhead railways, and Figs. 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating my invention.

A is one of the rails of themain track, and B one of the switch or turn-table rails, 0 representing in Figs. land 2 part of a turntable, and D the masonry around the pit.

Secured to the side of the rail A in any suitable manner is a bracket, E, and pivoted to this bracket at c is a lever, L, having a portion, Z, which is adapted to rest on top of the rail A. To a bracket, F, secured to the side of the rail B, is pivoted, at 70, a lever, K, provided with two arms, 7c 76, the arm 7; being adapted to rest on the top of the rail B, as shown in Fig. 2. Both the portions Z and It, which rest on the rails, are preferably flanged, the flanges extending down on the rail ashort distance in order to prevent lateral play as much as possible. The arm 70 carries a roller or lug, 7a, which acts on the cam projection m of the'let er L, to raise the lever up, and a roller or lug, m, pivoted on the same pin, E, as the lever L, acts upon the cam-face of the arm 732 of the lever K to raise the arm 70 of the lever K up to the position shown in Fig. 6. Thus it will be seen that when the rails are in line, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 6, the roller m presses down on the arm k of the lever K, lifting the arm k and the roller or log is, which consequently lifts the lever L by riding under the cam projection m; but as soon as the rails are moved out of line in either direction the roller m moves away from the arm 78, allowing both lovers to fall to the position shown in Figs. 2, 4-, and 5, forming stops on each of the rails, preventing the earwheels or truck-wheels from passing off the rails.

In Figs-3 and 4 I have shown my device applied to the rails of an overhead single railway. A is the main rail, hung from the timbers above by hangers a, and G is the switchrail, which can be moved in and out of line with the rail A. On the hanger a, I pivot the lever L, and on a bracket, E, on the rail G, I pivot the lever K, the action being the same as that above described.

My device is particularly useful in over head railways, it being entirely automatic, thus avoiding the use of braking mechanism and other stopping devices on the truck, which is generally small and often only provided with one wheel, to which it is difficult to apply braking mechanism.

I claim as my invention l. The combination of the main rail, the movable rail, a stop adapted to said main rail,

a stop adapted to the movable rail and constructed to act upon said mainrail stop, and means whereby the stop of the movable rail is actuated as the rails are brought into line,

all substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the main rail and movable rail, a stop, L, pivoted adjacent to the main rail, and a stop, K, pivoted adjacent to the movable rail, said stop K having two arms, one acting upon the stop L and the other acted upon by a device which lifts the stop K when the rails are brought into line, all substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the main rail and the movable rail, with stops pivoted adjacent thereto,'as described, one stop having a cam projection for being acted upon by the other stop, and the latter having an arm with cam- 9 5 face for the action of a device whereby the stop is lifted as the rails are brought into line, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub- [00 scribing witnesses.

VICTOR ANGERER.

Witnesses:

. HARRY SMITH,

' HENRY HowsoN. 

